


The first change I noticed in my day-to-day life is that I read a lot more when I am outside with the Duo. It’s much too early for me to have any definitive opinions about the device as a daily carry, but it’s enough for me to have discovered some fun and genuinely useful things I can do with the Duo that I couldn’t before. I’ve carried the Surface Duo in my pocket for about a week now. This actually turns out to be important, because the Duo isn’t quite polished enough to become your only device in your pockets, but as a secondary phone that can sometimes become a better pocket computer, it’s great. “phones”, because I carry two phones: an iPhone and an… other phone, which is usually a more quirky Android phone. But when I’m out and about in the city and need to burn some time or write down a fresh idea, usually all I’ve got with me are my phones, and in those use cases, the Surface Duo delivers. I’ve got a bunch of big screens at home for me to watch videos, listen to music, and do everything else computers are good for. Most of my thoughts about the Duo will be from the perspective of someone who reads a lot and takes a lot of notes on their mobile device. This time, it’s about the Surface Duo, a dual-screen folding phone-tablet hybrid from Microsoft running a funky crossover of Google’s Android with Microsoft’s services. The last time this happened, it was about the 2018 iPad Pro which I still use daily. I don’t normally write about new gadgets when they come out, but once in a while, a new device captures my imagination and creativity so much that I can’t help write a little bit about how I use it, and why it gets me so excited.
